Check protector



Jan 9, 1923.. 1,441,? F8

v. A. BOKER. v

CHECK PROTECTOR.

FILED JULY 29,1921- l atenterl ll ll,

l a se ular no ltpplication filed July .539,

To all whom it may concern:

lde it lrnown that lt, Virus A. BOKEE, a citizen of the United liltatesresiding at Minneapolis, in the county of lennepin and t itate ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful lirnprovernents in CheckProtectors; and l .do hereby declare the following tobeaftull, clear,andenact de- .scription of the invention, such will enablecthersslrilled inthelart to wanna appertains to males and use the same,

jlhis invention relates to a check protector, andpart-icularly to asmall manually operated device adapted to, betcarried in the pocket orin an ordinary bank check book. p 'll'he invention disclosed herein isan provement upon the check protector scribed and clainoed inn1y.co-.pending application ll. 363,727, tiled March 6th, 1920, andallowed May 23rd,:192l...

It .is an object of this invention to in1- prove the structure disclosedin said application by providing gauging means by which the successivelypunched. characters may be accurately located relatively to each other.

lt is a further object of the inventionto provide etliective means formounting and securing the punches used. in the device.

"The objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set forth inthe following a description made in connection with the accompanyingdrawings in which like reterence characters "reter to the same parts 1thoughout the dillerent views, and in which,

l is a plan view of the device, ccrtain portions being broken away, aportion or a check being" shown in dotted lines;

hlig. '2 is a View of a part of the device on an enlarged scale, certainportionsbeing broken away;

Fig. 3 is a partial central vertical :sec-

tion talrelron the line .3--3 oil Fig. 2;

il' ig. at is an enlarged partial sectional view showing thepunches; and

Fig, 15 is'a partial elevational.projection roar. lterial Itl'o.tllltfilttt.

closed is generally similar to that disclosed in my eta-pendingapplication referred to above and comprises lower die plate 1 ofOllClllUtl torrn having around its edge spaced groups or smallperforations or female dies, these perforations being arranged toconstitute character designations. A punchplate 12 forms the top of thedevice and is provided with radial arms 2 having enlarged circularportions at their outer ends, and iii which are mounted dependinqpunches The punches 3 on the vaniousarnis arearranged to storm characterdesignations and co-operate with the dies in the plate 1. punches aremade with sharp edges so that a sheet of paperplaced between the punchanddie may be punched and have holes inade thercthrough, the paper fromthe holes being; entirely and cleanly severed. 7c

The punches 3 are inserted through holes in e the ar ns, and the upperends of said punches areriveted or countersunk into de- PIQSSIOHSIL'Hthe top, at the arms 99, so that the top surface ofthepunches lie intheplane of thetopfsurtace of said arms Thepunches are thus lirnily securedin the arms 2- and to prevcntall possibility oi their being forcedupwardly, dishedarescldered or brazed to the top surface of the arms 52punches, the tops oi the members having therein character designationscorrespond ling to the d gnations oi"? the punches and dies. v

Thecutting: ends of the punches are, as as shown in 4:, preferablyarranged in different planes, the punches near the center oi? thecharacters being longer than lthqe othei'js, the punches thus decreasingin length toward the ends of the characters.

This feature results in a progressive punch- 1 "of the 'paper, requiringless pressure of the pper plate 5 is mounted between .stri the platesand and is notched at some distanceittroni its periphery so as to have.-.radially projecting teeth or arms adjacent its outer edges whichunderlie the enlarged ends of the punchplate .Pertoration's are Thelower ends of the 65 over the 0 1 plate -,-in line we with andcorresponding to the punches 3 so that the punches will extend throughthe same. The lower surface of the stripper plate normally liessubstantially above the plane of the bottom ends of the punches so thatwhen a sheet of paper is placed between the ends of the punches and thedie plate it will be punched by pressing downwardly the arms 2 of thepunch plate, and said sheet will be stripped from the punches by theresilient action of the arms 2 and the stripper plate 5, when the sameresiliently resume their normal positions. In order to properly locateand aline the characters punched from the paper or check the stripperplate is provided with lateral extensions 5 having lateral edgesextending parallel to the central radial line of the adjacent arm 2*.The outer corners of the stripper plates are bent up slightly, asclearly shown in Fig. 5. This greatly facilitates the entrance of thecheck between the stripper plate and the plate 1, and in effect forms aflaring guide for the edge of the check. The stripper plate is alsoprovided with punched out and bent up tongues o arranged radially inalinement with the arms 2 and contacting therewith. These tongues formsprings and assist the arms 2 in springing back to normal position.

An additional washer plate may be interposed between the striper plate 5and the die plate 1 or the central portion of the stripper plate may bebent downwardly and contact directly with the plate 1.

The operation of the device Will be apparent but may be brieflydescribed as follows:

The check to' be perforated will be placed between the plates 1 and 5and the character designation brought over the desired places on' thecheck. Members 1 and 4 will then be pressed between the thumb and fingerand the character will be punched in the check and formed therein byclean cut holes. To punch the next desired character, the edge of theextension 5 will be brought in line with the adjacent edge of thecharacter already punched, as illustrated in Fig. l and the operationwill then be repeated. The successive characters are thus easily andquickly punched, properly spaced and arranged in perfect alinernent.

From the above description it is seen that applicant has provided animproved check protector which may be made quite small thin in practice,and yet which will effectively perforate the check to form the characterdesignations therein. By cleanly cutting out the holes forming thecharacters it is unnecessary to provide any inking device, such as havebeen used in the rior art and it is practically impossible to 0 literateor obscure the punched characters.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details and arrangement of the device without departing fromthe scope of applicants invention, which generally stated, consists inthe matter shown and described and set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is: I

1. A pocket check protector having in combination a punch plate havingradial arms, and punches independently mounted at the outer endsthereof, said arms having character designations on their top surfaces,a die plate having dies co-opcrating with said punches, and a notchedstripper plate extending between said punches and dies and havinglateral extensions thereon constituting a gauging means.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, the lateral edges of saidextensions being parallel with the center line of the adjacent radialarm of the punch plate.

3. A pocket check protector having in combination a punch plate havingradial arms, punches carried thereby, and character designations on thetop surface of said arms, a die plate adapted to eo-operate with saidpunch plate, and a gauging means adapted to co-operate with thecharacter designations on the arms of the punch plate to properly locatethe successively punched characters.

4. A pocket check protector comprising a punch plate havingindependently mounted therein groups of punches arranged to formcharacter designations, said punches extending through said punch plateand having enlarged heads countersunk in the upper surface thereof tohave their upper surfaces flush with the surface of said punch plate.

5. The structure set forth in claim 4, plates secured on the top of saidgroups of punches and preventing upward movement thereof, said plateshaving character designations on their top surfaces.

6. A pocket check protector comprising die plate having perforationsforming female dies, punches having fiat ends normal to their axesco-operating therewith, the punches and perforations being arranged toform characters. the punches being of dillerent lengths.

7. The structure set forth in claim 6, the punches being longest at thecenter of the characters and decreasing in length toward the endsthereof.

8. A pocket check protector comprising a punch plate a die plate and astripper plate with radial arms having free ends, the outer corners ofsaid arms being upturnei'l to form guiding means for said check.

9. A pocket check protector comprising a punch plate having radial armscarrying punches, a die plate, a stripper plate interposed between saidpunch and die plates, and having spring means thereon contacting saidarms.

amas 10. The structure set forth in claim 10, said spring meanscomprising radial tongues struck upwardly from said stripper plate.

11. A pocket check protector comprising a i punch plate having radialarms carrying depending punches, said punches having flat ends normal totheir axes, a die plate, a stripper plate interposed between said punchand die plates and being perforated to have the punches passtherethrough and spring means 10 for separating said punch plate andstripper plate, said spring means being integral with the stripperplate. I

In testimony whereof I. aflix my signature.

